So the wife is complaing about me hunting so much so I took the day off so we could have some "quality time". So today she has been baking cookies all day! Give me a break!
It's complete BS, and then especially when you give up a day and it becomes "Oh, I'm just going to clean house" or "I'm making food for the Johnson's sick mother" and you sit on your ass around the house, or "Let's ride around (wasting gas) and look at the pretty Christmas lights."
I'm with you guys. This stuff drives me crazy but not as much as it used to. As soon I realized that a lot of what she considers "quality time" is simply me being there to listen to her. Not talking about deep conversations or discussing "issues", just daily routine "chit-chat". It drives me nuts and she knows it so it means that much more to her when I do "give up a day". We just aren't wired the same and it's a good thing because we'd never have clean clothes, a hot meal on the table or many other things that I usually take for granted. Not all women need this "chit-chat" stuff like my wife does but I promise you all women have some type of emotional need and if you don't know what it is for your woman, I highly recommend you find out. Because as has been stated on here already, somebody will satisfy it. You may be a lucky one whose wife finds security in a freezer full of meat and kicks you out the door to get more. I don't think for a minute that "setting her straight" is what gets a season long pass. Another thing I've found (like someone else has posted), she doesn't mind nearly as much since I started taking the kids hunting with me. I know this is because she finds security knowing I'm spending quality time with our kids and being a good father. Funny thing (and this is going to sound weird I think), she told me it turned her on to watch me rolling around on the floor playing with kids. I am 100% certain it was not the same as how us guys might get "turned on" watching our wives roll around on the floor. It has everything to do with knowing that I am a good father and love our children. So I would say I'm a lucky one in that department because I love spending time with the kids so BONUS!!
Bottom line, No I don't think you are wrong for feeling that way. You are not wired like your wife is. Now if you mope around and complain about it to her THEN you are wrong and selfish. Don't you think she already knows you want to be in the woods. At least make the most of it and let her know you love her by suffering through it with a smile on your face. She'll know.
